ten-speed

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Recent Examples of ten-speed Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 Of course, Gateway will spec a tamer exhaust system to keep neighbors happy, as well as provide a ten-speed automatic transmission or a non-supercharged 5.0-liter Coyote V-8. Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 That means the only propulsion option is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 with 440-hp and the ten-speed automatic transmission. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024 In the case of cars, Ford ended up being better in ten-speed transmissions, GM in nine-speed transmissions. Harvard Business Review, 17 July 2024 Modest numbers for a 4,500-pound hauler, but Honda engineers tuned the ten-speed automatic to provide the best reflexes. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023 There are also two transmissions to pick between, too—a six-speed manual and a ten-speed automatic with paddle shifters. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ten-speed
Noun
  • There is snow in the winter with skiing and in summer mountain bikes and hiking trails among the wildflowers.
    Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 3 June 2025
  • From there, choose your own adventure: Hike or mountain bike the park’s ten miles of trails, or fish for bass in the river.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Farm equipment and transportation vehicles, including cars, bicycles, and others, will also likely cost more as a result of the new tariff rate, Colehower says.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 4 June 2025
  • The group has other plans, too: To grow greener schoolyards, using composting, rain gardens and native greenery; to incentivize cargo bikes and create bicycle repair stations as a way to reduce vehicle emissions; to create rain gardens as a way to capture and clean stormwater.
    Ryan Carter, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The ordeal began Saturday along Crane St., a small, one-block-long stretch in Long Island City, when the two suspects approached the dog owner’s 27-year-old friend, who was on a bike, and forced him into a car at gunpoint, cops said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
  • While riding a tiny 50cc bike on his family’s ranch in southwest Colorado, a young Eli Tomac started down the track toward motocross immortality.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The concept of a tandem bicycle for two riders goes back almost as far in history as the bicycle itself.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • My next bike, the red-and-yellow Big Wheel, had a lot in common with a velocipede known as the penny-farthing, which was invented in the eighteen-seventies.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021

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“Ten-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ten-speed. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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